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Laws of the State of North Carolina, passed by the General Assembly [1846-1847]

MISSCELLANEOUS. lS146-4r
the court which shall be held after the first day of January
in the year in which wardens of the poor are now required
to be elected, and every three years thereafter, to proceed to
elect not more than twelve, nor less than seven freeholders
to serve as wardens of the poor, in their respective coun-ties,
for the term of three years from the time of election.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said courts, at the time the said elections are held,
to appoint a time for the meeting of said wardens, so elec-ted;
it shall also be the duty of the clerks of said courts to
issue notices to the sheriffs of said counties, whose duty it
sliall be to notify the wardens, so elected, of the time ru:d
place of their meeting.
Sec. 3. Be itfarther enacted, That so much of the first
section ol the 89th chapter of the Revised States, as relates
to the time and manner of electing wardens of the poor, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
[Ratified IGth January, 184XJ
CHAPTER LXV.
An Act to establish a Public Burying Ground in the county
of Cherokee.
Whereas, a certain piece of land in the county of Chero-kee,
included in lot 43, in the seventh district, hath been
long used as a burying ground, by t!ie early settlers;' and
whereas, it would be a public convenience and expedient
that said burying ground should be exempt from entry and
grant:
J>e it enacted hy Ihe General Assembly the State of North
Carolina, and it it: hereby enacted by the authority of ihe same.
That ten acres of land, including the burying ground, in
Cherokee county, included in lot 43, in the seventh dis-trict,
shall not be subject to entry or grant, but that the
title to the same, shall remain in the State as a public bury-ing
ground, and that any grant or patent which may here.

MISSCELLANEOUS. lS146-4r
the court which shall be held after the first day of January
in the year in which wardens of the poor are now required
to be elected, and every three years thereafter, to proceed to
elect not more than twelve, nor less than seven freeholders
to serve as wardens of the poor, in their respective coun-ties,
for the term of three years from the time of election.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the said courts, at the time the said elections are held,
to appoint a time for the meeting of said wardens, so elec-ted;
it shall also be the duty of the clerks of said courts to
issue notices to the sheriffs of said counties, whose duty it
sliall be to notify the wardens, so elected, of the time ru:d
place of their meeting.
Sec. 3. Be itfarther enacted, That so much of the first
section ol the 89th chapter of the Revised States, as relates
to the time and manner of electing wardens of the poor, be,
and the same is hereby repealed.
[Ratified IGth January, 184XJ
CHAPTER LXV.
An Act to establish a Public Burying Ground in the county
of Cherokee.
Whereas, a certain piece of land in the county of Chero-kee,
included in lot 43, in the seventh district, hath been
long used as a burying ground, by t!ie early settlers;' and
whereas, it would be a public convenience and expedient
that said burying ground should be exempt from entry and
grant:
J>e it enacted hy Ihe General Assembly the State of North
Carolina, and it it: hereby enacted by the authority of ihe same.
That ten acres of land, including the burying ground, in
Cherokee county, included in lot 43, in the seventh dis-trict,
shall not be subject to entry or grant, but that the
title to the same, shall remain in the State as a public bury-ing
ground, and that any grant or patent which may here.